No idea where you read conflicting reports. The a6300's 1080p doesn't touch the detail of the GH4 (or other panasonic cameras) unfortuantely It's similar to Canon and Nikon DSLR's.
Oh here's a useful chart from dpreview.
https://***URL removed***/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen?attr29_0=sony_a6300&attr29_1=nikon_d5500&attr72_0=1080&attr72_1=1080&normalization=full&widget=383&x=-0.1870641825970696&y=0.25664931499999993
The GX80 is meeting my expectations for run & gun. I think this shoot exemplifies expectations one can have of this camera for your quick, set-it-up and shoot style videos… family, street, etc.
Here’s my setup:
GX80
Panasonic 25mm F1.7
Zoom H1
Sony ECMCS3 Clip style Omnidirectional Stereo Microphone
Settings:
GX80: Natural profile (Contrast = -5, Sharpness = -5, Noise Reduction = -5, Saturation = -5), White balance (Sunny, A3, G3), ISO (200), Sutter Speed (1/50), Aperture (F2.8), IBIS (on, but no electronic IS)
Zoom: WAV (24-bit, 96K Hz sampling), Level (70)
Description of shoot:
This took me about 5 minutes to shoot. I saw an interesting opportunity, went to get the GX80 and Zoom H1 from my office. For the settings above, I only need to put the camera in “C” mode to start. The Zoom is always put back with the level at 70, I only need to place it near the subject and start recording.
Post Processing:
Imported sound from Zoom H1 (just connect, don’t take out card) - 30 seconds
Imported video ~3 minute video file - about 3 minutes
Synced files - 10 seconds
Threw it on a 4k timeline - 1 second
Expanded audio - 1 second
Select camera audio and push “v” key - 1 second
Added 1db to Zoom H1 audio - 1 second
Collapsed audio - 1 second
Make cuts - 10 minutes
Color corrected (highlights = + 15%, midtones = +7%, shadows = +1%, Global color 110° = -3%) - 2 minutes
Added FilmConvertPro2 effect (KD P400 Ptra, Grain = 0) - 10 seconds
Added a simple title - 10 seconds
Rendered video - ~20 minutes
Total Post Processing time = ~40 minutes (with rendering)
Re-rendered video at constant bitrate of 35000 kbps in 4k with Handbrake, resulting file 690 MB- ~10 minutes
Uploaded to Youtube - 90 minutes
Youtube processing - 10 minutes
Final Product:
Picture Quality:
Hindsight is always 20/20. I think the scene was a little dark as her face falls into shadow from time to time. I probably could have bumped up exposure and just avoided the window blown out in the background, but it gives you an idea of the limitations in terms of dynamic range. For me, the colors are quite nice and pleasing after applying Filmconvert… before that, not so much as white balance was off due to keeping blue channel from going too low- I guess many cameras need to be tweaked.
Notes:
This is a video of my daughter trying to set-up a Canon Powershot A410 that I gave her. She practices from time to time and enjoys shooting. Capturing moments like this is one of the main reasons I bought the GX80 for family. Please excuse her coughing as she’s getting over the flu. Also, note that she’s constantly switching from English to French. Good luck trying to understand, but you still have an idea of the audio quality.
Of the video I cut out was a portion that was probably unusable as I wasn’t holding the camera steady enough as I moved to another position. Yes, it’s prone to jitters if the IBIS goes past its limitations, but I could easily have avoided this hadn’t it been to user error (movements were simply too fast).
Feel free to make comments on any of the above as I’m trying to improve everything! By the way, here’s a photo she took of me looking serious during this shoot.
http://www.samsungimaging.com/file/download?fileIdx=3147&file=customer/data/remotestudio/win/SRS_v1.0.0_setup.exe other downloads: https://samsungnx.herokuapp.com/software